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Re­pub­lic Bank econ­o­mist, Garvin Joe­field, is warn­ing of far-reach­ing im­pli­ca­tions for the do­mes­tic econ­o­my of the rev­e­la­tion that T&T stands to lose US$291.9 mil­lion in po­ten­tial an­nu­al ex­port rev­enue fol­low­ing the im­po­si­tion of a 15 per cent tar­iff on its ex­ports to the Unit­ed States.

The rev­e­la­tion came in a Busi­ness Guardian ex­clu­sive re­port of analy­sis con­duct­ed by the Cari­com Pri­vate Sec­tor Or­ga­ni­za­tion (CP­SO).

Joe­field said that be­yond the im­me­di­ate fig­ure lies a host of deep­er con­se­quences for the coun­try.